24 hours in pictures

Xiaogan, China: A child cries as Chinese villagers salvage what is left of the cargo on a truck carrying gunpowder to a fireworks factory, which exploded, killing four people, destroying three vehicles and tearing up chunks of the highway Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Santiago, Chile: A street performer holds a flower and wears an image of the late folk singer Victor Jara during his funeral procession Photograph: Roberto Candia/guardian.co.uk

Perm, Russia: Flowers are placed outside the Lame Horse nightclub where a fire took place. At least 109 people were killed and 134 injured when the blaze ignited by fireworks ripped through the nightclub, starting a stampede as revellers rushed to escape clouds of toxic black smoke Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/guardian.co.uk

Blue Ash, Ohio, US: Tica, a male Chinstrap Penguin from the Newport Aquarium receives cancer treatment at the Cincinnati Animal Referral and Emergency Care Centre . Tica has been undergoing treatment for several weeks for his squamous cell carcinoma Photograph: Carrie Cochran/guardian.co.uk

New York, US: Pedestrians walk along an illuminated portion of the High Line during a snow flurry. The High Line is a 1.45 mile New York City park built on a section of the former elevated freight railroad along the lower west side of Manhattan Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/guardian.co.uk

Moscow, Russia: A kitten at a cat exhibition Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/guardian.co.uk

Bangkok, Thailand: Wellwishers hold lit candles as fireworks explode outside the Grand Palace during the celebration of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday Photograph: Damir Sagolj/guardian.co.uk

Nouakchott, Mauritania: A boy carries loaves of bread at the 5th Quarter market. The heavily populated 5th Quarter is a poor neighbourhood in the capital with no potable piped water Photograph: Rafael Marchante/guardian.co.uk

Bantala, India: Smoke rises from fertiliser made from tannery waste as workers flatten it at a factory Photograph: Bikas Das/guardian.co.uk

London, UK: A performer dressed as the Ice King takes a break in a side street in Parsons Green in after taking part in a local Christmas fair Photograph: Kevin Coombs/guardian.co.uk

Yatta, West Bank: A Palestinian toddler cries as she stands on a mattress in a mountainous area. Palestinian families, who are currently living in caves and tents while peace activists help them to settle, have been allowed to return following an Israeli court order and approval of the Israeli military Photograph: Hazem Bader/guardian.co.uk

Wuhan, China: Workers sort batteries at an electronic waste recycling factory. The Chinese characters on the board read 'Storage area for used Ni-Cd batteries' Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Chengelsy Gorge, Kazakhstan: A hunter holds his hawk during an annual hunting competition. When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off with eagles on their arms in search of prey. Many in Kazakhstan see eagle hunting as a symbol of their nation's nomadic past Photograph: Shamil Zhumatov/guardian.co.uk